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(Fallujah Falls!) Iraq says most of Fallujah retaken from IS militants
AP ^ | 17 Jun 2016 | QASSIM ABDUL ZAHRA

Posted on 06/17/2016 1:48:33 PM PDT by BeauBo

Iraqi special forces swept into Fallujah on Friday, recapturing most of the city as the Islamic State group's grip crumbled after weeks of fighting.

(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: fallujah; iraq; iraqitroops; is; isis; islamicstate; militants
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To: CivilWarBrewing
If he is not...probably wished he was....

I guess they used the "canoe" treatment on him.

81 posted on 06/18/2016 9:28:16 PM PDT by spokeshave (Somewhere there is a ceiling for Trump.....Yeah, it's called The Oval Office)
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To: ColdOne

Wonder how long the CENTCOM General will keep his job. Team Obama cannot be pleased.

In the meantime, the heart of ISIS command and control is in Raca, and wonder when that will be taken.


82 posted on 06/19/2016 8:20:31 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Chgogal

“Looks like Obama called AP for good news out of Iraq. I don’t believe it. It is too convenient.”

My first thought as well. Interesting how it says it’s fallen, but Iraqi forces have taken “most of the city”.

Many here seem to be willing to believe “good news” from big Media if it’s not directly obviously linked to politics.


83 posted on 06/19/2016 8:59:19 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: soycd

Bet they didn’t have to worry about reading their rights.

Pray America wakes


84 posted on 06/20/2016 5:35:58 AM PDT by bray (Trump/Palin 2016)
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